by Paul Dehner Jr., USA TODAY Sports

Details emerged via Pro Football Talk on the details of what turns out to be a team-friendly contract. The contract will have just $17 million guaranteed. He will receive a $12 million signing bonus and then receive $5 million more in three days. At the third day of the league year next March he will receive another $4 million bonus.

The guaranteed cash ends there. With his second year salary, the deal for all basic purposes lands at two years and $25 million before becoming a year-to-year deal similar to the structure of Colin Kaepernick's contract.

From that point the extension basically adds six years and $96 million in new money with possible escalators for postseason performance.

If the Bengals win the Super Bowl with Dalton he will receive $1.5 million more for every year after that remaining on the deal. The same scenario is true for making the conference title game, only at $500,000.

Dalton and the team have been in negotiations all offseason with both sides claiming they were hopeful it would get done but when the beginning of training camp passed without a contract it left open the idea of Dalton playing out the final year of his contract like Joe Flacco did with the Baltimore Ravens in 2012.

"Andy is being rewarded for his accomplishments with a significant contract," said Katie Blackburn, Bengals executive vice-president, "and we are pleased to have a deal in place that will make him a key part of our team for a number of years."

The most important element to look at with this deal is the structure. NFL money is far from real money these days. It's all about what is guaranteed and when it is guaranteed. Allowing the Bengals to wiggle out in three or four years if things go South will be an important element.

Dalton has won 30 games in his first three seasons but gone 0-3 in the playoffs with one touchdown and six interceptions.

"Andy is not only a fine player, I think he is an exceptional person," said Bengals president Mike Brown. "Nobody has more respect in our building than he. I would tell you that of all the quarterbacks we have had, he is respected by his teammates as much as any of them."

Dalton has not missed a start in his Bengals career, and his 30-18 regular-season record gives him the best winning percentage (.625) of any Bengals QB with 10 or more starts.

"It's great that the Bengals have shown this confidence in me," Dalton said. This is only a beginning. We have higher goals than just making the playoffs, and it's my job to lead us there."